AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

DIARY NOTE

AI Index: ACT 30/030/2008

News Service: 231/2008

3 December 2008

Paris: Amnesty International Secretary General at 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights events

Irene Khan, Amnesty International's Secretary General, will participate in events in Paris that are being organized leading up to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the United Nations in Paris on 10 December 1948.

International Seminar on Business and Human Rights, 4 December 2008

Ms Khan will address business and civil society leaders from around the world in a session entitled Implementing a common framework on business and human rights.

Ms Khan will address journalists during the press briefing at 13.45 hrs, Thursday 4 December at the Chaillot National Theatre de Chaillot, 1 Place du Trocadéro, 75016, Paris, France

For further information and to arrange accreditation (necessary for security purposes) please contact: Kathryn Dovey, kd@anniversaryseminar.org, +33 607 749 711

The Elders, Every Human has Rights celebration, 6 December 2008

Ms Khan will be one of the civil society leaders speaking at the celebration of the Every Human has Rights campaign led by The Elders.

La Maison des Arts et Metiers, 9 Bis, Avenue d’Iena, 16th arrondissement, Paris

For further information and to arrange accreditation please contact: Katy Cronin, katy.cronin@theElders.org, +44 7788 710 789

To arrange an interview with Ms Khan, please call Judit Arenas on +44 7778 472 188.